First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, ii, 492.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Louisville, Kentucky, on September 23, 1807: “I take the liberty of enclosing you a copy of my inaugural dissertation, which in some interval of leisure from business you
may not find it disagreable to peruse . . ””
Richard Brown, fl. 1807, was a resident of the District of Columbia at the time he read the above dissertation and obtained his degree
at the University of Philadelphia.
[
sic
--
Ed.
] According to his letter to Jefferson it was due to the advice of the latter that he set up a practice in Louisville.
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DARLINGTON,
William.
A Dissertation on the mutual influence of Habits and Disease. Submitted as an inaugural Thesis, to the examination of the
Reverend John Andrews, D.D. Provost, (Pro tempore), the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on
the Fifth Day of June, 1804. for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. By William Darlington, of Pennsylvania. Member of the American Linnean and Philadelphia Medical Societies . . .
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by
Joseph Rakestraw,
1804.
R111 .O8
8vo. 18 leaves.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, iii, 595.
Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by the author, with a letter written from Westchester, Penna., March 11, 1805: “Knowing your predeliction for all subjects which have any relation to, or influence over the welfare of Man, I have presumed
to obtrude the accompanying sheets upon your view . . .”
Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 29: “
Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to M
r. Darlington & his thanks for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him on the mutual influence of habits & disease
which he shall peruse in the first moments of leisure with the pleasure so interesting a subject promises.
Jefferson’s name occurs in the text, on page 35: “
As she [i.e. America]
has produced a Washington, a Franklin, and a Jefferson, to wrest and preserve our rights and liberties from the grasp of transatlantic
tyrants,--so has she given us a Rittenhouse, a Rush, and a Barton, to maintain our dignity and independence in the various
branches of Philosophy, Medicine, and Natural History.
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RAFFENEAU-DELILE,
Alire.
An Inaugural Dissertation on Pulmonary Consumption. Submitted to the Public Examination of the Faculty of Physic under the
Authority of the Trustees of Columbia College, in the State of New-York, the Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D. President; for
the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 5th Day of May, 1807. By Alire Raffeneau-Delile . . .
New-York: Printed by
T. & J. Swords,
1807.
RC311 .R15
8vo. 25 leaves collating in fours; dedicated to David Hosack.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue II, xiv, 267.
Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from New York on May 10, 1807: “Je prends la liberté de vous addresser un exemplaire de la dissertation que j’ai ecrite pour etre admis ici au Dégré de Docteur
en Medecine, et qui a obtenu l’approbation de la Faculté. Je suis loin de considerer que ce faible essay me donne aucun droit
particulier a votre attention: Je serai flatté que vous regardiez cet envoi comme une marque de mon respect . . .”
Jefferson replied from Washington on May 24: “
Th: Jefferson returns thanks to M. Delile for the pamphlets he was so kind as to inclose him, which he has perused with pleasure
& instruction.
”
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